Developing a Comprehensive and Integrated Vulnerability Assessment Methodology for the Defense Department's Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) Program. A Report Supporting CIP Program Outread and Education
Abstract
This report was prepared to support the Department of Defense (DOD) Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) strategy for Outreach, Education, and Training. It seeks to help those interested in understanding the Defense Department's current concepts and plans for developing CIP-specific vulnerability assessments. The report ties together and summarizes the many documents that were prepared from 1998 until 2003 and that cover assessment descriptions, applications, information sharing, and a range of other issues related to assessment methodology. Annex B provides a summary of the problems found and the solutions recommended in each of DoD's CIP vulnerability assessment studies beginning in 1999 and completing in 2003. The report organized the material into five sections, with each section addressing one of a set of questions about the nature of the DoD vulnerability assessment concept and efforts made to develop a comprehensive and integrated assessment program. Topics covered by the five sections are: 1. Defining Vulnerability Assessment Within a National Defense Context; 2. The CIP Function of Vulnerability Assessments; 3. Characteristics of Vulnerability Assessments commonly Used for the CIP Program; 4. Seeking a Common Basis for a Standardized CIP Vulnerability Assessment; 5. DoD Activities Leading Toward the Development of a Standardized CIP Vulnerability Assessment.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Dec 12, 2003
- Accession Number
- ADA457933
Entities
Organizations
- Assistant Secretary of Defense for Homeland Defense and Americas' Security Affairs